Sale reports / Georgia / Donalsonville / 2021-03-10

Donalsonville

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Donalsonville, Georgia · Wed, Mar 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1941
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
▲ 393 vs last sale 163▲ 306 vs year ago 250 · +122.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 24▲ 53 vs year ago 33 · +160.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 20▲ 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady, feeder steers and bulls steady, feeder heifers steady to 1.00 higher, steer calves unevenly steady, heifer calves sharply higher, bull calves steady, replacement cows lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.16/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$124.16
166 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$693
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$10.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.78
vs GA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2448128.3257539
Medium and Large 1609123.34751117
Medium and Large 3399117.4046810thin
One grade step is worth $10.92/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale166 hd
124.16
—
GA average16 barns · 2,559 hd
122.37
+1.78
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,82583.721,52717
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,37256.3477336
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,30854.197096thin

Every lot

46 lots · USDA AMS · Seminole Livestock Exchange - Donalsonville, GA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3317162.45/cwt162.00–165.005157
Steers—Medium and Large 2334170.10/cwt166.00–176.005684
Steers—Medium and Large 2367163.35/cwt160.00–168.005993
Steers—Medium and Large 1388173.63/cwt172.00–174.006745
Steers—Medium and Large 1406171.98/cwt164.00–174.006985
Steers—Medium and Large 2433155.51/cwt155.00–159.006738
Steers—Medium and Large 3434147.88/cwt140.00–150.0064215
Steers—Medium and Large 1469167.40/cwt162.00–169.0078512
Steers—Medium and Large 2480147.50/cwt147.00–148.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 3485137.47/cwt135.00–140.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 1515154.25/cwt153.00–157.0079416
Steers—Medium and Large 2563141.03/cwt139.00–143.007942
Steers—Medium and Large 3575126.92/cwt124.00–130.007302
Steers—Medium and Large 1581147.27/cwt145.00–151.008567
Steers—Medium and Large 2608132.69/cwt131.00–137.0080713
Steers—Medium and Large 2676121.53/cwt117.00–126.008224
Steers—Medium and Large 1727127.65/cwt120.00–129.0092833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3260128.94/cwt126.00–130.003354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2290141.33/cwt137.00–144.0041010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313140.70/cwt140.00–142.004403
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375124.52/cwt124.00–125.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412131.37/cwt125.00–135.005418
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425107.53/cwt105.00–110.004572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438142.64/cwt136.00–145.0062512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462140.75/cwt136.00–142.006505
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462127.45/cwt127.00–129.005897
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522123.77/cwt115.00–125.006468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529134.71/cwt130.00–138.0071318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580124.58/cwt122.00–129.0072310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2597115.50/cwt115.00–117.006904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622114.72/cwt110.00–118.0071413
Heifers—Medium and Large 367597.09/cwt94.00–100.006552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1691116.14/cwt107.00–117.0080333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719113.00/cwt106.00–116.0081223
Heifers—Medium and Large 273598.04/cwt95.00–101.007212
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3430137.10/cwt134.00–140.005902
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478130.58/cwt130.00–132.006245
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515137.47/cwt136.00–139.007082
Bulls—Medium and Large 3522122.33/cwt120.00–126.006393
Bulls—Medium and Large 2623118.33/cwt115.00–119.007376
Bulls—Medium and Large 1678115.62/cwt111.00–119.007843
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56380.59/cwt80.00–81.001,2604
Bulls——1,90584.68/cwt82.00–89.001,61313
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30854.19/cwt52.00–56.007096
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37256.34/cwt54.00–61.0077336
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1051,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,0504

This sale against other markets

Georgia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.